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Monday, September 14, 2009

Hispanic Heritage Month Book Giveaway

Hispanic Heritage Month is observed September 15 through October 15. I'm excited to kick off this month-long celebration with a book giveaway on behalf of Hachette Book Group. There will be five winners, who will each win a set of five books.

To win a set of books, please answer the following question, and comment here by October 15. When you comment, please leave an email address or link to a site where you can be contacted. Winners must be US or Canadian residents. No PO Boxes please. Winners will be selected and announced on October 16th.

So...What notable Hispanic, past or present, do you want to know more about? Why?

33 comments:

I would love to know more about Sandra Cisneros. I've taught her book The House on Mango Street for several years now, and feel like I've equated the life of the main character, Esperanza, with Cisneros'. Of course, I know that this is not Cisneros' life but I can't help but feel like Esperanza is a real person. I love teaching this work and have gobbled up most of her other works, but I still come back to The House on Mango Street as a favorite. My students love this book and love to write in Cisneros' style. She has a love and care for words and people that warms me. I'd love to know more about her!

I can be contacted via email at hderaps@mtbluersd.org or at my classroom blog: derapsclass.blogspot.com.

I would like to know more about Henry Cisneros because he was Major of our city, San Antonio, TX and then he went on to bigger things. I don't know how he got to where he is. I'd like to know his background. And of course his favorite book!Jo Ann HernandezBronzeWord1 AT yahoo com

Hi Cassy!This month, I'm only going to enter ONE contest to win these books. I hope I'm still lucky!!Part of me wants to say I'd like to learn more about Jimmy Smits because I have such a nice poster of him on my office door :)But, my serious side would like to know more about Pedro Albizu Campos. I learned about him in Rosie Perez's movie "Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas!" (The movie was in English!). I was amazed by all that man went through for his country: the inhumane suffering he face for Puerto Rico. I have to learn more about him.

I would love to learn the TRUE story of Eva Peron. My husband's family see her as a saint. Others see her as an oportunist. I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle. However, she was a strong woman in a macho society in a time where women were invisible.

Mario Vargas Llosa would be my choice amongst multitude of notable Hispanic authors. This is due to his wide range of both fiction and non-fiction works. Beyond being a modernist as a writer, he's political involvement and his controversial views has indeed made me more interested in understanding his background and how it has influenced his earlier and later works. I'm genuinely surprised but I can't seem to find a biography of someone his stature.

I would like to learn more about the following people, Tito Puente because I enjoy his music. Cesar Chavez because he fought for economic parity for the Latino community. Freda Kahlo and Diego Rivera because of thier art.

I am a high school mathematics teacher. I used to teach at a regional center at a state school for math and science where I taught Advanced Calculus AB and BC. Then I transferred to a local high school when the regional center was closed. Jaime Escalante was my hero. I kept thinking that if he could do it, so could I. I would like to know more about him both before and after the movie about him, "Stand and Deliver."

I would like to learn more about the life of Lazaro Cardenas, the great progressive Mexican president who instituted many social and economic reforms in Mexico in the 1930s. I recently took a college class about the history of Mexico and would like to read more about this very interesting political figure.

You know I would choose the Mexican Presidents Wife. No one ever talks about her. I don't even know her name, how bad is that!! I wonder what she is like in person, how many kids she has, what she does for hobbies & what she looks like!! That's who I would choose!!!Thanks for this neat chance to win these amazing Hispanic Heritage Books in this Giveaway on your wonderful blog!!!

Hello, What an interesting question!I enjoy studying artists and their paintings. The 20th century Hispanicartist, Diego Rivera interests me very much. It is interesting to study his paintings which I feel give me his outlook on his cultural views. Many thanks for a chance to win theses fabulous books!Cindijchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com